Bandabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bandabad in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BandabadHirat (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bandabad plotted against Hirat and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Bandabad followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Hirat which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bandabad's incremental SNDi fell from 3.37 to 2.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bandabad ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Hirat and 11th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.2
Rank in Afghanistan
13th of 73
Rank in Hirat
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Afghanistan
11th of 73
Rank in Hirat
1st of 8

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BandabadThanamSiddhpur

While Thanam and Siddhpur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Bandabad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Bandabad became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Thanam fluctuated in connectivity and Siddhpur became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Bandabad had a more sprawly network than Thanam in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.